Teens, Young Adults Taking Weight-Loss Drugs at Record Levels

A new study shows that the number of young people taking popular weight-loss drugs skyrocketed in just three years.
Teens, Young Adults Taking Weight-Loss Drugs at Record Levels
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Adults aren’t the only ones participating in the Wegovy and Ozempic trend.

A new study shows the number of young adults and adolescents taking the popular weight-loss drugs jumped nearly 600 percent from 2020 to 2023.

A.C. Dahnke
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A.C. Dahnke is a freelance writer and editor residing in California. She has covered community journalism and health care news for nearly a decade, winning a California Newspaper Publishers Award for her work.
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